Microsoft is incredibly happy with itself for the Grand Theft Auto IV expansion The Lost and Damned. On its press site, the company proclaimed:

"Already owner of the biggest entertainment launch in history, the Grand Theft Auto IV franchise continues its rampage on the record books with the Xbox 360 exclusive downloadable episode, The Lost and Damned. The highest reviewed downloadable content ever fromRockstar Games eclipsed first-day revenue for all previous downloadable content on Xbox Live."

While I'm sure The Lost and Damned will continue to sell like flame-broiled Whoppers (I'm convinced that hotcakes no longer sell) and the review scores are commendable, Microsoft's celebration is a little misleading. Obviously, the expansion was going to shatter revenue records -- it's more expensive than most other content on Xbox Live (1,600 MS points). Given the popularity of GTAIV and the expensive price, it was easy to predict The Lost and Damn's financial success.

Out of curiosity, have any of you downloaded the expansion? What do you think so far? If you ask me I loved it..TOTALLY

It's gopod that it did, but without records, we won't know, previous record was held by Street Fighter 2 HD Remix which sold 250,000 in it's first week, if TLAD only beat that a little bit that means TLAD has only made back $5 Million, it needs to break $25 Million to break even of what they paid.

It's gopod that it did, but without records, we won't know, previous record was held by Street Fighter 2 HD Remix which sold 250,000 in it's first week, if TLAD only beat that a little bit that means TLAD has only made back $5 Million, it needs to break $25 Million to break even of what they paid.

But if you look at it from the point that this swayed people to buy GTA IV on the Xbox as opposed to the PS3 and in some cases even decided what console they bought. So I don't think it would be particularly accurate to say that only if it sells 25 mil it has broken even,although this is the most obvious factor in it's success financially.

The Lost and Damned is pretty much value for money when it comes to DLC. I just got Halo Wars a few days ago, and my god, the campaign, I swear, is as long as GTA IV: The Lost and Damned's story mode (100% completion) - I've completed till Mission 8 (there are 15) in Halo Wars and I took as long as I did to complete about 80% of the story missions in TLAD!

Well, that explains again why I love Grand Theft Auto so much, and Halo, Metal Gear Solid, Mario, whatever other games put before me, they just can't compare!

Also TLAD is selling because its actually a quality product
Yes 1600 is more than most things on XBL marketplace but most that go for 800 are just new maps or other very small add ons
TLAD is worth way more than 2 typical 800 point items
Also as they have been proving for years now anything called GTA will sell amazingly

Also TLAD is selling because its actually a quality product
Yes 1600 is more than most things on XBL marketplace but most that go for 800 are just new maps or other very small add ons
TLAD is worth way more than 2 typical 800 point items
Also as they have been proving for years now anything called GTA will sell amazingly

i think hes trying to state how good the deal is, by stating that halo wars was made to a full fledge game and it was about as long as the lost and the damned which is just a dlc.

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yea most likely just wasn't clear what he was trying to convey
the only expansion to rival it that i've seen is shivering isles which was pretty huge but also cost 2400 points unless you got the disc which came out cheaper

It's gopod that it did, but without records, we won't know, previous record was held by Street Fighter 2 HD Remix which sold 250,000 in it's first week, if TLAD only beat that a little bit that means TLAD has only made back $5 Million, it needs to break $25 Million to break even of what they paid.

Then in rare cases you have people like me that used GTA IV as one of the big decision factors in getting a new console. I knew it'd be on PS3 and 360. When I heard about 360 content in the future it was Xbox for me. So Microsoft made a few hundred off of me.

I switched from PS2... and go figure... I got PS2 because I played GTA 3 and HAD to have it. Haha